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Paneled Blanket Chest

Before I started building the chest, I
found some high-quality brass hardware.
I bought mine by mail order,
but you might find some of it locally.

CHEST LOCK & ESCUTCHEON. The 31/2"
chest lock might be the most difficult
item to come by. I bought mine from
Lee Valley (00P27.35), but VanDyke's
Restorers carries a pretty similar lock.
The escutcheon (01A1910) was
ordered seperately from Lee Valley.

HINGES, PULLS, CHAIN & BUMPERS. The
brass hinges, brass bail pulls, chain,
and stem bumpers are all pretty standard
items and are more commonly
available. Several of the sources listed
carry the same or similar items, but
I ordered the pulls from Rockler
(35402) to match those I used on the
bedside chest in Woodsmith No.139.

BRACKET FEET. If you want to include
bracket feet on your chest but don't
want to make them, there are a couple
sources for ready-made feet. Both
Rockler and Van Dyke's carry
bracket feet similar to those pictured
in cherry and a couple other woods.

BEDSIDE CHEST PLANS. If you'd like to
order the bedside chest plans from
issue No. 139, they can be purchased
on our web site, see box below.

ROUTER BITS. To build
the blanket chest, I used three different
profile bits. The cap and base
molding were made with a 1/4" Roman
ogee bit (Amana #49206). (And the
same bit is used for the caps and feet
of the arch-top headboard.) On the
panel molding I used a classical cove
and bead bit (Amana #54130). And
finally for the drawer fronts you'll need
a 1/4" ogee fillet (Amana #54114).
Again this bit did double duty on the
headboard molding and the panels.